Norwegian Chess Championship 2010, Class 4, Intro

Chess Info
The Norwegian Chess Championship 2010 is held in Fredrikstad, July 3-11. There are 486 participants in different classes. There are 9 matches to be played. The difference in this year's tournament and last year's tournament is that this year we have a double round. Which means the games themselves will be shortened by a day and we will have one hell of a monday. Without a rating, with only last year's 9 games under my belt, and playing against some unrated players last year, I have no idea how qualified I am to play in class 4. There has to be a class difference, but I reckon that my second place in class 5 last year, will at least place me somewhere in class 4 that is not neccessarily bottom. So I believe a reasonable goal would be to position myself somewhere around place 15-25.

2300->>>> Elite (20) Participants
2000-2299 Master (38)
1750-1999 Class 1 (45)
1500-1749 Class 2 (63)
1250-1499 Class 3 (52)
1000-1249 Class 4 (49) (My class now)
<<<<-0999 Class 5 (36) (I came in as number 2 of 41 in 2009)

Tidbit
I should have booked a hotel room well in advance of the tournament, but I didn't. So the first night I have to spend in Sarpsborg, which isn't that far from Fredrikstad. I haven't been to this part of the country since 1984, when "Gamlebyen", the Old Fortress part of the town was my home during military bootcamp. Vidar Gjære, one of my aquantances from last year's tournament, has rented a house not more than 15 minutes away from where we will be playing. This is where Vidar, a friend of him, Yngve Rasdal, and I will be staying during the tournament week.